Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks: NHL preview and betting tips

There are 8 games on the NHL schedule on Wednesday. One of them will be a clash of teams from the top of the Western Conference. Specifically, it’s the Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks. The duel will take place on February 21 at 03:00 CET.

• Colorado is in third place in the conference and they are even the best team at home. In 26 games on home ice, they have come away victorious on 21 occasions
• Vancouver is not only the conference leader with 80 points, they are also the best team in the NHL and have only lost 13 of 31 meetings on their opponents’ home ice

When to watch Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks?

The top teams in the Western Conference will face off at home against the best team in the NHL. The home team is the slight favorite. The game starts at 03:00 CET.

Colorado is one of the best at home

Colorado has lost only 5 games on home ice this season. In addition, in all 26 duels on home ice, the second man in Canadian scoring, Nathan MacKinnon, has always scored, and he has already accumulated 55 points during this series. This is the second longest streak in NHL history. The Avalanche will play Vancouver for the second time this season, winning the first game by 3 goals.

Vancouver has fallen in the last two games

Vancouver is the best team in the NHL, but it has already lost two games and even scored 10 goals in the last wild shootout with Minnesota! The home team’s record speaks against the Canucks, and the fact that it has scored 14 goals in the last two games.

Betting tip – Nathan MacKinnon to score a goal

That being said, the Canadian already has the second longest streak in NHL history, managing to score in all 26 home games in a row since the start of the season. In addition, he has averaged more than two points per game in that streak. In tonight’s game, he could be a scorer again against a shaky Canucks defense that has completely collapsed in the last two games. The odds are 1.90 for MacKinnon to score.